Automatic dirigible light.



R. M-.- SWAIN. I AUTQMATIC DIVRIGIBLE LIGHT. APPLICATION'FILED AUG- 7, I916- 1,227,088. 7 Patenhfl May 22,1917.

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BOY M. SWAINQOE PRINCETON, INDIANA.

U'r'oMA'rIo DIRIGIBLE LIGHT.

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Be'it knownthat-I, Roy M..SWAIN, a citi- Aen ottlielnited States, residing at Princeton. inthe 'eo'unty of Gibson and State of Iru-li'aiur. have invented certain new and usetul Improvements n Automatic Dirlgihle Lights: and I do herehytleclare the following to he a full. clear, and exact descriptionof the irn'ention, such as will enable others 'killed in the art to which it-a 'ipertains to i make and nsethe 'saine. reference being had to the aeeonipanyingdrawings, and to the letter'la' and figures of [reference marked thereon. wl'lit'hi or ni apart of this specifica- 1 tion.

iin )rorei'i'ients in dirigihle la nps- 'for vehieles a'ndeonsitsof a .siinple and efiicient. device of this nature. designed especially for use upon an automobile; and so arranged 'that' the lights may hea'ctu'ated together to throw the light along the track to he trav ,eised hr the forward wheels of the inachine.

ill invention ie illustrated in. the ae'con panli ing drawings wl'iicln'with the letters-of .theends of the right angled clamping bars C. one .end ofeaehhar (being threaded to reeeire a nut D. 'Eyeholts, designated by letter EL. reeeive aidhar and each has a nut l upon a threaded portion thereof.

' Plates. designated hyletter G. are provided eat'hwith an eltnrgated slot H to rec'ei e the augleden'd ot'a hal and eat-h has an aper-' tnre G r'or'the reception of an eyeholt. Said plates and the angled hars before. ferred to are adapted. to form Clamp- ,lneans wherehy the lights ina he helt. ditl'ereut adjusiedpt itions u .ward axle of an a hijle. light supportingrot as'nuts T, I mounted upon threaded portions of the rods near their upper enda and. J. .l designate light supporting lira'eket ineinhers, oaeh having a1; eye K at oonding ends rlneh are pivot-ally 11 upon the rod-intermediate This invention relates to new and useful the other end is torn-red into-an ere as at S now heingf'had' to the detailsof thereof in whieh 'ai l post i.'

pon the for Each of Sillfl" signature in preence of two witnes es.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t y 22, 1917, ,Application fired au ust 7, 1916. SerialNci. 113i5 95.

.eaitl nuts. Said inelnhere J may he heldin with an eye at the end of one of said arms,

thus, CODHH'tlIIQ'. the two rods so that they "will oscillate in unison.

.-\.rod.designated h letter ll. is pirota-ll)" eonnet'ted at one end to a strap T. adapted to ("lump the steering rod ot'the frame and l and has pivotal (-onnek tion with one end of the lever which eonnerts the arms 1\'.

The operation of my; invention will he readily understood and is 215 follows: 'hen'the apparatua is applied to the frame of anaut-on'iohile. the lights. it will he'noted,

will he actuated tllltflllltlth'illlY liy reason of their t-onneetion with the steering l'llOPlltF nisin. thus causingthe lights to -Follow the tint-ks to he traversed hy the wheels of the autoniohile.

\Yliat I claim to he new isF-k X dirigihlelight for autoniohiles (our prising'axially rotatahle. lanip supporting posts. hra -k'et. adjuztahlyY Inounted uponthe upper portions tliereotgi'a right angled hrat'ket 'inelnher havingra ht'fiarin e at on'e'end nrnale d. nuts: mounted upon the lower threaded end of said post. one upon eitherside of said hean.

fine. a SCI'OW ere through whirl] a hori7.on

tally disposed portion of said hrarlcet puss es. a elani'pinp' plate having"apertures' to re wire the lower threaded ends of] said hraeket nieiuher and'acrew eye. nuts upon the. irarltet men her an'd screw eye and adapted o-hear aga'iiul said plate. an arm project 11; from said post. and means (-onneeted to Said arm for rot'kingr the latter.

In testimony whereof" I hereunto aihx my v ROY MJSWAIN. -Witneeses:

Hon/uni Kicssxnu,

EARL G. MOYEL, 

